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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – The results of a survey of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population suggest a good summer for local crabs.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says its annual dredge survey in Maryland and Virginia shows there are more than 550 million blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay, the fourth highest level in two decades.
That number is a 35 percent increase in the ...

WOODBRIDGE, Va.— Police say a Virginia woman stabbed her 3-month-old baby with a kitchen knife when the girl wouldn’t stop crying, sending the baby to the hospital.
A Prince William County Police incident report issued Monday says 35-year-old Leah Arrington of Woodbridge is being held without bond on a charge of aggravated malicious wounding.
According to police, Arrington was watching the girl Saturday afternoon in the family ...

The Northumberland Association of Progressive Stewardship will be sponsoring several booths at the Heathsville Earth Day celebration on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Citizens Climate Lobby booth will present “Indicators of Climate Change” and display graphics of the impacts of current drought, temperature increases, sea level rise and storms. Information includes what residents of the Northern Neck can expect as sea levels ...

Lancaster County Crimestoppers is trying to find a few people who are wanted for various crimes. 44 year old Kenneth Phipps is wanted for failure to appear in court. Phipps is 5’11”, 320 lbs., long black braids, brown eyes, scar on upper lip. His last known address was 1020 Summit Rd, Littleton, NC. He may now possibly be living in Westmoreland County according to investigators.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. defense officials say a Navy officer with access to classified information is accused of passing military secrets to China or Taiwan, or both.
A document that describes multiple charges against Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin accuses him of failing to report foreign contacts and says that on multiple occasions he gave or attempted to give secret national defense information to representatives of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has proposed making significant changes to a bill that sought to allow the state to force condemned inmates to die in the electric chair when lethal injection drugs aren’t available.
The Democratic governor’s amendment to the bill would give the state to power to compound lethal injection drugs needed for executions. It also would allow the state to ...

The Navy and the Coast Guard are currently searching off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina today, for a sailor who was reported missing from the USS Carter Hall Saturday afternoon following a headcount around 4:20PM. The sailor is a junior petty officer, but no other information will be released until 24 hours after the family is notified. The Carter Hall is based at ...